U.S. Death Metal duo FOG WALL are set to release debut album, Gloomweaver, on September 4! Gloomweaver collects some of Tolkien’s most harrowing tales, as well as stories of the torturous, terrifying worlds depicted in the work of FromSoftware, the Japanese video game development studio. Included therein are everything from haunted fortresses to arachnid-shaped demons whose sole purpose is to eat the world, not to mention the forceful enclosure of humans into glass jars.
Living Weapon will release their new LP Death in the Family next month, and it’s an album that confronts mortality, meaninglessness, and the aftermath of existence. The album’s pummeling new single— “Interspecies Quality Assessment”— arrives today alongside a music video filmed and produced by Eric Richter, Anthony Didio, and the band themselves.
Italian doom metallers MESSA are pleased to present their latest single: a Cold Cave remix of “At Races.” The original track appears on the band’s critically lauded full-length, The Spin, released last year via Metal Blade Records. The Cold Cave remix gives the enveloping track a darkwave/synthpop touch.
This fall, Craft Recordings revisits that landmark period with vinyl reissues of Slide It In (1984), Whitesnake (1987), and Slip of the Tongue (1989). Powered by hits including “Here I Go Again,” “Is This Love,” “Still of the Night,” and “Fool for Your Loving,” the David Coverdale-led group’s run of multi-Platinum albums helped define the sound and spectacle of ’80s hard rock. In the mid- to late 1980s, Whitesnake exploded from a popular British hard rock band into a worldwide phenomenon, becoming one of the decade’s most successful rock acts.<
Following this year’s extensive series of tour dates and festival appearances celebrating their landmark progressive doom album Foundations of Burden, Pallbearer are bringing their North American campaign to its culmination with a fresh set of dates performing the record in its entirety. This new, lengthy run includes shows in Texas, California, Pacific Northwest, the midwest and more, and tickets for the new shows will go on sale this Wednesday, July 1 at 10am local time here.
Following the success of the first leg of The Black Queen’s Fever Daydream 10th anniversary tour, the band has announced a second wave of North American dates. Founding members Greg Puciato and Steven Ryan Alexander are joined by guitarist Danny Lohner and drummer Chris Pennie for the newly announced dates.
THE NINJA KITTIES are officially here, and they’re bringing a genre-bending sonic assault that refuses to play by anyone’s rules. With the release of their highly anticipated self-titled LP, Ninja Kitties, the band delivers a relentless collection of songs that proudly wave the flag for punk rock while kicking down the walls separating generations and genres. Drawing inspiration from the rebellious spirit of 1970s punk and the explosive energy of 1990s punk rock, THE NINJA KITTIES inject their music with elements of classic rock, alternative rock, hard rock, metal, emo, and screamo, creating a sound that is both nostalgic and undeniably fresh. From razor-sharp riffs and infectious hooks to screamo growls...
